30-Day Experiment Comparing Contra and LinkedIn for Design Work

30-Day Experiment Comparing Contra and LinkedIn for Design Work30-Day Experiment Comparing Contra and LinkedIn for Design Work

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Diego A. Quinde

pro

• Oct 20

A small experiment, and I'd love your input.

I'm testing whether a niche network built for design work brings more real conversations than a general one. I'm here, and I'm also on LinkedIn, and I'll track both.

I'll post daily, follow people whose work I admire, and keep a simple count of what actually happens: messages with context, real conversations, and projects.

I'll share the results in 30 days, whatever they are.

For those already here: what's worked for you on Contra? And what do you wish you'd known when you started?

Jana Dmitruk

• 2d

When AI agents are posting and commenting on behalf of freelancers, who's actually networking with whom? The dead internet theory on Contra is wild. 💀

Révolté

pro

• 19h

What if Contra had launched in 1999, and again in 2001? 🐐 I sent the community feed through two eras: a Netscape portal with banner-ad challenges, a visitor counter for upgoats and a buddy list instead of DMs, and a Flash-era collective with a thumbnail wall, a contests ticker and tiny pixel type.

Kept: the three-zone layout, the Create button, the goat. Changed: soft cards became bevels and hairlines, Trending became Hot Topics, DMs became an AIM window.

Both eras are live and switchable here: Website time machine . Also pictured: Contra meeting the early web. Which site should I send back in time next?

websitetimemachine Web Design Contra

Sagar Nawaz

• 5h

This is insanely creative Révolté! Love the 1999 Netscape portal concept with the visitor counter and buddy list 😂 The Flash-era 2001 version is pure nostalgia. The website time machine idea is brilliant!